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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Sunday, April 3, 2044
DIVISION CHAMPS FORECAST IN IPA
Defending Pro Cup champion Valmara and Southport head up the list of division winners in the IPA. The Vipers were picked to repeat in the Ruthlandian North and the Sun Sox were chosen the best in the Tycobbian South. Otherwise, new division champions are forecast in the other six divisions. Valmara and Southport are expected to meet in the Pro Cup Finals.
Valmara is forecast to run away with the RU North, getting only token opposition from the LaGrange Sports and the Glasco Athletics... the Claxton Diamonds are to reign supreme in the RU South with San Dimas, Waleska and last year's winner Crystal Lake providing the most competition... a tight race is predicted in the RU East with Wynnamac a slight favorite over Eastshore and Elnora... the Beechwood Bobcats are only given an outside chance to win... Sugar Valley, last year's East Division winner, came in fifth in the poll... over in the RU West, Rocky Rapids looks like it will prevail in a very close race with last year's champ Volusia and the Middlefield Roosters.
In the Tycobbian North Division it will be a four-team tussle with the Blue Lake Blue Sox outperforming Fairfax, Hartsdale and last season's pennant winner and Pro Cup finalist North Hills... down in the TU South, defending division champ Southport gets a slight nod over the Cape Coral Hurricanes with Summerland and San Alejo close behind... in the RU East the cream of the crop is the Red Bluff Red Sox, who are expected to outduel last season's flag-winner South Fork and the Tuckanarra Blue Jays in a pretty close race... in the Tycobbian West Division, a four-team battle seems likely with Chicopee favored over last year's titlist Arlon, the Rolling Hills Reds and the Kenwood Wildcats.
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